Wigan Athletic 1-4 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-4 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 1-4 Arsenal: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Arsenal 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mido opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Mido (17'). Arsenal scored through Theo Walcott (61'), Mikaël Silvestre (71'), Andrey Arshavin (89') and Alex Song (90').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 8th on 41 points from 31 and Arsenal 4th on 58 points from 31. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 6 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Mido
- 45+4'Yellow card · Kieran Gibbs
- 61'Goal · Theo Walcott
- 71'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 71'Goal · Mikaël Silvestre
- 83'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 86'Yellow card · Emmerson Boyce
- 87'Yellow card · Titus Bramble
- 89'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 89'Yellow card · Alex Song
- 90'Goal · Alex Song
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Paul Scharner, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Ben Watson, Mido, Michael Brown, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner